About Maïmouna Kane
Lived 1937 – 2019 (aged 81). Maïmouna Kane was a Senegalese politician, jurist and minister.
Maïmouna Kane (13 March 1937 − 1 March 2019) was a Senegalese jurist and politician.
Biography Kane was born in Dakar. She was a judge at the Supreme Court of Senegal, and member of the government under president Abdou Diouf. On 15 March, 1978, she was appointed State Secretary to the Prime Minister responsible for the Status of Women. She was appointed alongside Caroline Faye Diop, making them the first women appointed ministers in Senegal. She was promoted to Minister of Social Development by Moustapha Niasse on 5 April 1983,
Kane died in Paris on 1 March 2019.
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Who was Maïmouna Kane?
Senegalese jurist and politician (1937–2019)
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Maïmouna Kane was born on 13 March 1937 in Dakar.
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Maïmouna Kane died on 1 March 2019 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Maïmouna Kane was a politician, jurist and minister.
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Maïmouna Kane was Senegalese.
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